As we promised on our most recent episode of the podcast, we've been planning a new photo challenge in honour of our visit to the upcoming Edinburgh Yarn Festival and the Blacker Yarns Podcast Lounge. It's a little something we like to call YINGO. Or, Yarn in the City Yarn Bingo.

Our yarn-y prize pack winner will be drawn randomly the week of March 19th from entries that we see on Instagram using the hashtags between Monday, March 12th and Sunday, March 18th, 2018.

See? Simple! BUT, as we said on the podcast, there are a few things for you to consider:

It goes without saying but we will say it anyway: if you're taking a photo of someone, or someone's stand, or someone's stash or someone's whatever, please ask permission first!

BE CREATIVE! Don't assume that these prompts are related to ticketed events - we've purposefully left some of the EYF-related prompts more general so that they're not specific to an event that not everyone may have a ticket for. Knit night could be with your mates in your Airbnb, the lobby of your hotel, on the train up to Edinburgh, wherever!

Yarn is lovely but so is Edinburgh - get out and try to see some of the city too!

We all know that the Edinburgh Yarn Festival is a big deal to a lot of people (visitors, vendors, teachers, volunteers, etc) and Jo and Mica and their team work incredibly hard to make this amazing thing happen. It is also incredibly busy, not to mention easy to succumb to the yarn fumes! With that mind, please be kind and conscious of people's time and space.

That's it! We can't wait to play along with you and see what wonderful images you guys choose to share with us. We'll both be working during the show so you can find us either in the Podcast Lounge or working on the A Yarn Story stand. We'll be enjoying EYF vicariously through your images!

Step #3Post your photo/reflection/commentary as it relates to the day’s prompt to your own Instagram account. Be sure to tag your post with #wearwoolforwovember #wearwooleveryday and #wovemberinstachallenge so that others can see your posts too!

That's it! At the end of the month we'll award two prizes from our Wovember Instagram Challenge prize sponsor Blacker Yarns. One will be for the most popular photo using the Wovember hashtags and the second will be randomly chosen from all participants over the month.

Hey yarn and fibre lovers! Are you joining us for the 5th anniversary of the Great London Yarn Crawl this Saturday? We're looking forward to seeing you at the After Party and Mini Yarn Market (don't forget to save some of your funds for our awesome vendors who will be there!) where we'll be joined by special guest Erika Knight!

With so much to look forward to, it's time to revisit our top tips for making the most of your day out yarn crawling around the capital:

Comfy shoes are a MUST! We've tried to minimise the walking distances as much as we can but there's still a lot involved. It might not be a lot in the moment, but it will add up over the day as you trek from bus stop to shop to tube station. You get the idea.

Carry a bottle of water with you. It can be hot and muggy in the tube. Stay hydrated to keep your energy from flagging.

Pack snacks. After your initial meet up in the morning you may have a while to go before lunch, depending on your team's schedule. Have something with you to keep your energy up if there isn't time to stop for breaks between shops. Also ideal if you've got any allergies or food intolerances and aren't sure what your options will be for lunch.

Oyster card. Or travel card or contactless payment card or whatever, make sure you've got it with you. Cash payments are no long accepted on London buses.

Wallet, super-secret-savings-for-stash, etc. Our shops will have some great promos for you so be ready to take advantage! You'll also want to save some cash to get some raffle tickets at the after party!

Clean hands are happy hands. Bring hand sanitizer or wipes if you're leery of public transport. Also a great idea for keeping your hands clean for touching yarn, fabric, your project you brought with you...

Wear something hand made! We feel this needs no explanation.

Portable project. Something small, and ideal for social knitting is best. This is not the time to be carrying 10 different colours and accompanying charts. Or adding beads to lace.

Charity knits for Knit for Peace. We'll be collecting these at the after party so bring any new knits that you've made to donate and we'll trade them for raffle tickets. More knits = more changes to win our grand prize!

Share the yarn love. Tag your snaps on the day on Instagram and Twitter using the hashtag #GLYC2016. You can also use our fave #3thingsforyarnlove, #lovelocalyarn, and #placesyoucanknit.

Stay connected. Trade contact info with your Yarn Guide in case anyone in the group is separated.

Have a superb GLYC and we can't wait to see your new stash acquisitions from the day!

Our final installment in the vendor round up for the Mini Yarn Market is packed full of amazing stuff. In this last grouping we we have four amazing indy yarn dyers: Third Vault Yarns, Whimzy, Qing Fibre and Owl About Yarn.

Third Vault Yarns is the work of geek-inspired dyer Lola Johnson, and features a range of stunning colourways built around different fandoms.

In addition to gorgeous yarns ranging from fingering to worsted weight, Third Vault Yarns has an active collaboration with designer Kate Bostwick of Cowtown Knits, and offers kits and yarn clubs - everything you could want in one place!

Also joining us will be Whimzy, with their gorgeous range of lace, sock and DK weight yarns.

Whimzy has been a long-time supporter of the yarn crawl, first with mini-skeins in the goody bags and then as a vendor at the Pop Up Marketplace and Yarnporium - we're thrilled to have them back!

Newcomer Qing Fibre is also going to be at the MIni Yarn Market - you may have seen these gorgeous speckled yarns in some of the shops around London, and we can't wait to see them in person in all their glory!

Last but certainly not least, we are thrilled to welcome recent addition Owl About Yarn to the Mini Yarn Market vendor list!

Jenny will be bringing her fabulous yarns and project bags to the show, and hopefully her amazing themed stitch markers as well!

We hope that you are as excited about this line up as we are - only two weeks to go to the show, so get your shopping lists ready!

Ok, on with the next round of enabling for all you Yarn Crawlers...because that's what we're here for!

The Mini Yarn Market will be Yarn in the City's third show, and Textile Garden has been at all of them. Their fantastic array of buttons and brooches are always popular, and there's always a crowd around the booth looking for the perfect finishing touch for their most recent knit!

We've got another great pairing up next - the amazing dyers behind this year's custom colourways for the GLYC Anniversary KAL - Travelknitter and The Wool Kitchen!

Photo credit Charlotte Powell

These two dyers have very different styles, but their colourways work together so well, that their combined stall is a thing of beauty. Travelknitter will be bringing a full range of her gorgeous Tanami, including Midnight Fireflies and a special batch of Fireflies Dark! Be sure to check out what other new beauties they may have brought to the show...

We're excited to have Walcot Yarns, the brain child of shop owners Carmen Schmidt and Sharon Spencer, joining us from Bath, with their gorgeous Opus yarn, which launched to great acclaim at this year's Edinburgh Yarn Festival!

Available in an array of gorgeous, saturated shades, as well as undyed white and grey, Opus is a wonderful mix of merino and alpaca, that makes for a super luxurious yarn!

I don't know about the rest of you, but my stash enhancement restraint is stretched to the breaking point, and we still have one more round of vendors to share with you. So. Much. Yarn.

save the date!

The Yarnporium returns to central London November 2 - 3, 2018. Join us for talks, workshops and an amazing marketplace to celebrate the return of sweater weather!

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The Yarn Collective sponsor the Yarn in the City podcast and are sponsors of Indie Designer Day at this year's Yarnporium.

Welcome Willow & Lark! This year's yarn sponsor of the Great London Yarn Crawl!

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Hello! 👋
We’ve had quite a few new followers recently and with the #yarnlovechallenge starting today we thought it might be a nice way to introduce ourselves again!
Day 1: Intro!
We are (l-r) @porpoise_fur (Rachel) and @champagneandqiviut (Alli) and together we create and host yarn-centric events in and around London and sometimes the wider UK. 🇬🇧 We also love visiting yarn shows and meeting awesome makers - then sharing those finds on our podcast or hosting those makers at our #Yarnporium. We also put together the annual Great London Yarn Crawl which is a fantastic day out in September every year.
If you’re not able to join us in London when we have an event on, we also host a weekly Stitch Night in SW London near to Clapham Junction, and we’ve published a couple of books on where to find the best yarn shops in the city!
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We’re winners, baby! Thank you SO much to all of you who votes for us in @knitnow’s Knitter of the Year 2018 awards. We are beyond thrilled to be a winner in the Local Superstar category! Huge congratulations to fellow winners - we can wait to see old friends and make new ones on our day out at @westyorkshirespinners. Thank you again everyone!!
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Love looking back on the past year with our 2018 Best Nine! It’s been a crazy year of yarn adventures and we’ve been so happy to have you along for the ride with us! Thank you!!
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It’s also the last day to cast your vote for us in the Knit Now Knitter of the Year 2018 awards in the Local Superstar category. If you like our yarny events and the way we champion indie makers across the UK, we hope you will! Link to the voting is in our profile. .
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One last post before everyone scatters for Christmas.
We’ve joined @rosygreenwool and @mairlynd in their campaign to support the Against Malaria Foundation @againstmalaria.
If you’re making any charitable donations this holiday season or if you still have a little extra to give, we’d love to encourage you to support this fundraiser.
Wishing each and every one of you and yours the best this holiday.
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